tinsel

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪns(ə)l/    美 /ˈtɪnsəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.; A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos.
  2. Damage, detriment; loss. Scotland,obsolete,transitive,uncountable
  3. A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.; A very thin, gauzelike cloth with gold or silver (or, later, copper) thread woven into it, or overlaid with thin metal plates. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — I know in that more ſubtil Air of yours Tinſel ſometimes paſſes for Tiſſue, Venice Beads for Pearl, and Demicaſters for Bevers; But I know you have ſo diſcerning a Judgment, that you will not ſuffer your ſelf to be ſo cheated, […]
  4. Deprivation; forfeiture. Scotland,archaic,transitive,uncountable
  5. A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration. broadly,uncountable,usually
    — O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]
  6. Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable. broadly,figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her ſteed with tinſell trappings ſhone, / Which fledd ſo faſt, that nothing mote him hold, / And ſcarſe them leaſure gaue, her paſſing to behold.
动词 v.
  1. To adorn (something) with tinsel.; To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material. also,figuratively,transitive
    — Hir daintie lims tinſill hir ſilke ſoft ſheets, / Hir roſe-crownd cheekes eclipſe my dazeled ſight, […]
  2. To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct. Scotland,obsolete,rare,transitive
  3. To adorn (something) with tinsel.; To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy. broadly,transitive
    — She, tinſel'd o'er in robes of varying hues, / With ſelf-applauſe her wild creation views, / Sees momentary monſters riſe and fall, / And with her own fools-colours gilds them all.
  4. To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness. figuratively,transitive
    — I could tell them vague tales of their poetry, and cruel wars: but it seemed distant and tinselled an age.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Liſten and appeare to us / In the name of great Oceanus, / […] / By Leucothea’s lovely hands, / And her ſon that rules the ſtrands, / By Thetis tinſel-ſlipper’d feet; […]
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  2. Glittering. broadly,not-comparable,obsolete
    — Baſes and tinſel Trappings, gorgious Knights / At Jouſt and Touneament; then marſhal'd Feaſt / Serv'd up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneſhals; […]
  3. Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry. broadly,figuratively,not-comparable
    — Went to that magnificent Temple of Thalia, the New Olympic, and saw the bewitchingest Pauline, in the person of Winifred Emery, that ever I saw in the shammiest, stagiest, tawdriest, tinsellest, transparentest, most diaphanously theatrical comedy I ever saw in the absolute period of my Thespian existence.

词形变化

tinsels plural tinsels present,singular,third-person tinseling US,participle,present tinselling UK,participle,present tinseled US,participle,past tinseled US,past tinselled UK,participle,past tinselled UK,past tinsels present,singular,third-person tinselling participle,present tinselled participle,past tinselled past

词汇关系

衍生词
tinsellike tinsel lily tinselly tinsel print tinselry Tinseltown tinsel wire tinseled tinselled tinseling tinselling
相关词
trimmings trim up

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then:
* from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and
* from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil.
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“destruction, loss; damnation, spiritual loss; state of damnation”) [and other forms], probably from Old Norse *týnsla (modern Norwegian tynsla (“damage, destruction”)), from týna (“to destroy; to lose; to perish”) (whence Middle English tinen (“to be deprived of, lose; to fail to maintain; to forfeit; to lose track of; to mislay; to be separated from; to escape; to be defeated or forced to withdraw; to waste; to consume, use up; to be destroyed, perish; to damn; to remove, take”)) + -sla (suffix forming nouns from verbs, either denoting the action of the verb or the medium or product of the action). Týna is derived from tjón (“damage; loss”), from Proto-Germanic *teuną (“damage; destruction, ruin; lack”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duH- (“to torment, vex”) or *deh₂w- (“to burn”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
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